A new study explains why current brain theories fail to fully explain near-death experiences and consciousness.

Mercedes Somich was on the operating table when she said she left her body. It was the 24-year-old’s first pregnancy, and her labor had already been painful and dramatic. But then she needed an ...

An ambitious effort to create a neurophysiological paradigm to explain near-death experiences has failed to capture many fascinating and often perplexing aspects of people's brushes with death, top ...

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with ...

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It’s one of humanity’s most enduring mysteries: What happens when we die? Now, a new scientific investigation has taken us a step closer to understanding what may lie beyond the grave, the Daily Mail ...

Dr. Bruce Greyson can’t say for certain what happens when you die, but he’s talked to many people with unique perspectives: They were technically dead before being revived. “Most who have near-death ...

New research suggests the brain may stay active moments after the heart stops, triggering life recall and calm sensations that many describe as seeing loved ones or white, light experiences before ...

Several years ago, I was approached to write a popular book on terminal lucidity—a near-death phenomenon in which individuals with severe cognitive impairment experience unexpected moments of clarity ...